SELF-RECRIMINATION Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

self-recrimination

noun

as in self-reproach

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Recent Examples of self-recrimination All the emotional calculus, obsessive analysis, and self-recrimination I was used to disappeared. — Ariel Leve, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026 The story moves between the present, where Agathe and Vera go through the detritus of their childhood lives, and the past, as Agathe conjures memories from her childhood, bringing incidents to mind for inspection and some measure of self-recrimination. — John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026 Chilling words from our resident Sylvia Plath, or a self-recrimination about her baking skills? — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 17 Feb. 2026 Though this story of betrayal hits familiar beats—shock, grief, self-recrimination, resignation—it is enlivened by its particulars. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2026 His expression in those scenes, so full of fury and self-recrimination, turn Milchick into Severance’s most compelling mystery. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025 This thought didn’t deaden the pain of his death or of John’s self-recrimination. — J. Malcolm Garcia, Literary Hub, 29 Oct. 2025 Claude can’t disentangle her years-ago affair with Mathias from feelings of self-recrimination and guilt, and seesaws between anger and seduction. — Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025 From her sharp scolding of a student nurse to her own tears of self-recrimination, Floria is a full-blooded and beautifully etched character and, yes, a heroine. — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025

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Noun

On the one hand, self-reproach is a convenient stance for showrunner Ryan Condal to take.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 15 June 2026
Laughing, by contrast, conveyed that the person understood the mistake was trivial and didn’t require dramatic self-reproach.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 27 Feb. 2026

Definition of self-reproach

Noun

Eating disorders, as those in recovery have stressed, thrive on the pathological evidence of their symptoms, spinning negative attention—concern, disgust—into fatal affirmations.

— Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2026
Critically, in the third experiment, their affirmations came before the failure and still worked to defeat rumination.

— Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of affirmation

Noun

Season three sees the trio navigate that confession early on, with Jackie and Alex ending things and Alex moving on.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 8 Aug. 2026
The confession sparked a wave of online speculation, even costing Barrs her job, as she was publicly fired on the show following the revelation.

— Sameen Chaudhry, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of confession

Noun

The man later accused her of stealing an $8,600 Rolex watch, $700 Louis Vuitton Aviator glasses and an $1,800 Louis Vuitton cardholder wallet, according to an arrest warrant declaration filed by Indio police.

— City News Service, Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
Hamilton will take over in the middle of a busy summer disaster season that has already brought destructive wildfires and dangerous flooding and as FEMA manages more than 1,000 open disaster declarations.

— Gabriela Aoun Angueira, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of declaration

Noun

The author warns that humanity's insistence on supremacy could lead to conflict with advanced AI, even provoking existential threats.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
The deliberative, thoughtful process of remaking the nation’s capital in the early 20th century bears little resemblance to Trump’s insistence on remaking the capital in his image.

— Jennifer Tucker, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026

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